# Use case

## Core Use Cases for Motion Docs

Docs are designed to support the full spectrum of written work, from early exploration to polished output.

* **Brainstorming ideas** → Capture thoughts, references, or snippets in the white space without worrying about order or polish.
* **Outlining projects or content** → Map structure visually, then shift into writing mode as sections take shape.
* **Drafting quickly with AI** → Turn outlines or prompts into first drafts in seconds, saving time on blank-page starts.
* **Revising and refining** → Use AI to edit for tone, clarity, or length while keeping control of the final message.
* **Collaborating with teammates** → Share one doc for ideas, drafts, and reviews — so discussion and edits stay in context.
* **Capturing knowledge** → Store meeting notes, briefs, or project overviews in Docs so work and context live side by side.

**Key idea:** No matter where you are in the writing process — brainstorming, structuring, drafting, or polishing — Motion Docs give you one continuous space to do it.

## When to Use White Space vs. AI in Docs

Motion Docs give you two ways to work, depending on where you are in the process:

* **Use the white space when…**
  * You’re still brainstorming and collecting raw ideas.
  * You want to cluster inputs, references, or notes without worrying about flow.
  * You’re mapping the structure of a doc before writing sentences.
* **Use AI when…**
  * You’re ready to turn outlines or ideas into a draft.
  * You need help rewriting for tone, clarity, or length.
  * You want to refine specific sections without reworking the whole doc.

**How they work together:** Start broad in the white space → organize into an outline → draft and polish with AI inside the doc.

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**Key idea:** White space is for exploration, AI is for execution — and both live inside Docs so you can move fluidly between them.
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## How White Space and AI Work Together

Docs are most powerful when you use the white space and AI in tandem. Each mode complements the other — one helps you explore, the other helps you refine.

**The flow looks like this:**

1. **Capture freely** → Start in the white space by jotting down notes, references, and ideas without worrying about polish.
2. **Structure your thoughts** → Organize snippets into clusters, sections, or a rough outline.
3. **Draft with AI** → Turn that outline into a full draft using Motion’s AI co-writer directly inside the doc.
4. **Refine iteratively** → Use AI to adjust tone, tighten clarity, or expand sections as needed.
5. **Finalize** → With both exploration and AI-driven drafting in one space, you can polish and share seamlessly.

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**Key idea:** White space helps you think broadly, AI helps you write sharply — together, they create a smooth path from messy ideas to a finished doc.
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#### **Inherited Context**

When you create a doc in Motion, it automatically inherits the context of where it was created — whether that’s inside a project, task, or workspace. This means the doc isn’t starting from scratch: Motion understands its relationship to surrounding work.

Inherited context allows AI to:

* Align drafts with the goals of the project or workspace it belongs to.
* Surface the most relevant references and details.
* Keep writing on-topic and connected to ongoing work.

Instead of asking AI to generate in a vacuum, inherited context ensures every draft is grounded in the work already happening around it.